| 单词 | white folks |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite folks white folks n. (also white folk) chiefly U.S. colloquial (esp. as a description by a non-white person) white people. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] > poor white person > collectively whitea1398 white folks1735 poor white1781 white trash1821 poor white trash1822 trailer trash1943 1735 S. Carolina Gaz. 15 Mar. 1/1 Whitefolks are as little fond of the Company of Molattoes. 1816 Port Folio June 462 John Cushen, an Indian of truth and respectability..observed to a gentleman that it was a great curiosity... It was made by white folks, for Indians never make forts or mounds. 1861 H. A. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl (1973) viii. 45 I was often asked if I had seen any thing in the newspapers about white folks over in the big north, who were trying to get their freedom for them. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 101 If it hadn't been for my grandfather, he'd have to work like whitefolks. 1973 Black World May 20/1 In his essays on whitefolk, Du Bois invokes two specific historical occurrences which reflect the paradoxes, lies and hypocrisy of white civilization. 2009 New Yorker 26 Jan. 77/1 Holding his mike like a billy club, he's a sort of street comedian..: ‘... Naw, I'm just playin' wit' chall. Most white folks ain't evil—they just stupid.’ < as lemmas |
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